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it has treated 775,000 outpatients a year, including 18,000 veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. it specializes in the rehabilitation of amputees. the hospital named after this former army major and doctor. he was a pioneer in the treatment of yellow fever. steve centanni is there live at walter reed in washington. why close its doors now, steve? >> reporter: well, jon, this is fallen victim to brac, the base realignment and closing commission. this old camp even though large, 113 acres not big enough to hold all the functions at walter reed army hospital. it will move to a new combined facility in bethesda, maryland. this is window into history. this place has been here for 102 years. look at some of the original photographs of patients in the wars all the way dating back to world war i and all the way through the current conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. the original building built in the 1909 with its dome or kupola on top was quickly surrounded by a heft of other buildings to make this a large complex medical campus. as they said at today's ceremony this place was always mo
it has treated 775,000 outpatients a year, including 18,000 veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. it specializes in the rehabilitation of amputees. the hospital named after this former army major and doctor. he was a pioneer in the treatment of yellow fever. steve centanni is there live at walter reed in washington. why close its doors now, steve? >> reporter: well, jon, this is fallen victim to brac, the base realignment and closing commission. this old camp even though large,...
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one afghanistan, one is called libya. the norwegian troops in both places. and finally, jenna, it's too early to tell, of course, who is behind this. this is just speculation. we are waiting for some claim of responsibility. we're also waiting for a news conference from police where at least we can get some of the basics here to find out what kind of bomb it was and, as you say, unclear right now whether it was one bomb or more. jenna? jenna: back to greg burke as we get more. brand new details by way of the associated press, and as you can understand it, the wires and reports changing minute by minute. but the associated press reporting that two people are confirmed dead by police in norway, 15 injured. more information as we get it. >>> in the meantime, president obama's holding a town hall calling for a balanced approach to reduce the deficit, the debt, the debt ceiling. we've got a lot to cover here today. rick: well said, jenna, that's not easy. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. rick: and i'm rick folbaum if in for jon. the amount of money the govern
one afghanistan, one is called libya. the norwegian troops in both places. and finally, jenna, it's too early to tell, of course, who is behind this. this is just speculation. we are waiting for some claim of responsibility. we're also waiting for a news conference from police where at least we can get some of the basics here to find out what kind of bomb it was and, as you say, unclear right now whether it was one bomb or more. jenna? jenna: back to greg burke as we get more. brand new details...
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this was a fight that took place in the parliament in the afghanistan. here's the woman, you're going to see her stand up in a moment and throw her shoe. now, apparently, she was very upset. this all hood to do with talk about impeaching the afghan president, hamid karzai, and it just kind of got ugly fast after that. she raised the shoe and then you can see the fighting just dose on and on -- goes on and on. somebody threw a water bottle. this fight gets a little bit nasty, but it's just, actually, the latest in a string of bad behavior by lawmakers around the globe. you want more? we've got more for you. let's take you now to taiwan, and this is a fight between pro and anti chinese government orters all about an economic agreement with the mainland. two lawmakers ending up in the hospital after this melee in taiwan. and do we have time for one more? eastern europe. this is last december, remember things getting ugly between lawmakers in the ukraine. the fighting put at least six lawmakers in the hospital with concussions, fractured jaw amid causes of v
this was a fight that took place in the parliament in the afghanistan. here's the woman, you're going to see her stand up in a moment and throw her shoe. now, apparently, she was very upset. this all hood to do with talk about impeaching the afghan president, hamid karzai, and it just kind of got ugly fast after that. she raised the shoe and then you can see the fighting just dose on and on -- goes on and on. somebody threw a water bottle. this fight gets a little bit nasty, but it's just,...
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troops from iraq and afghanistan. jon. jon: ominous news there, jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. >> patti ann: the battle over the debt rages on, a deadline is looming to raise america's credit limit, as our debt keeps growing amid fears of tax hikes. we'll talk live to tea party favorite senator jim demint and get his take on what can be done. >>> mitt romney may be running for president of the united states, but he's looking for campaign cash overseas. where he's fundraising now. we're live with that story. >>> and harris is at the dot com wall. we get you to pick the stories you want to see. harris has that for us. >> reporter: go to foxnews.com, and then go to the "happening now" page and off to the right, midway down the page, is your opportunity to tell us which story you want to see. you choose. right now, we are monitoring a story out of china. you know, one of the best unkept secrets in china for their economy is something called rare earth minerals and they have just discovered a ton of them. how the
troops from iraq and afghanistan. jon. jon: ominous news there, jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. >> patti ann: the battle over the debt rages on, a deadline is looming to raise america's credit limit, as our debt keeps growing amid fears of tax hikes. we'll talk live to tea party favorite senator jim demint and get his take on what can be done. >>> mitt romney may be running for president of the united states, but he's looking for campaign cash overseas. where he's...
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a brand-new report on the war in afghanistan finds that billions of taxpayer collars sent over there may have ended up in the hands of terrorists. jennifer griffin has that live from the pentagon. jennifer. >> reporter: hi, jon. well there are a lot of examples of corruption that has already been reported on in the past, but one principle example that this report outlines is remember at the kabul international airport, afghan vip's were literally putting millions of dollars in suitcases and taking them out of kabul to banks in the gulf states in dubai. the u.s. trerb kraoe ride to help the hamid karzai government crackdown on that, what happened according to those reports is the vip's bypassed the airport taking their vehicles on to the tarmac of the airport and onto the planes and loading the bags. it got so dangerous, there were so many vehicles on the tarmac that they scrapped the plans to looking into vip's bags. there are millions of dollars flowing out of the country through cab bull international airport, jon. jon: there is evidence that the aid money from the united states is
a brand-new report on the war in afghanistan finds that billions of taxpayer collars sent over there may have ended up in the hands of terrorists. jennifer griffin has that live from the pentagon. jennifer. >> reporter: hi, jon. well there are a lot of examples of corruption that has already been reported on in the past, but one principle example that this report outlines is remember at the kabul international airport, afghan vip's were literally putting millions of dollars in suitcases...
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. >>> also in afghanistan a homicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque during a memorial service for president hamid karzai's half brother. the blast killed five people, including the head of a council of clerics and a young child. the explosion wounded 15 others. the taliban claims responsibility but remains quiet on this mosque attack. karzai was a high-ranking official in kandahar's government, also considered one of the most powerful men in southern afghanistan. health let's well, a 6-year-old girl from illinois tees her way right into the record book by sinking a hole in one. reagan kennedy becoming the youngest golfer ever to hit a hole in one since the links at ireland grove opened some five years ago. and reagan kennedy, she joins us now by phone with her dad, steve kennedy also on the line. hi, steve, hi, reagan. >> hi, heather, how are you? heather: doing fine. how are you doing? >> we're doing well. heather: so, reagan, how surprised were you that you hit this hole in one? >> very surprised. heather: could you see the ball actually go in? i know it was, what, 85 yards.
. >>> also in afghanistan a homicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque during a memorial service for president hamid karzai's half brother. the blast killed five people, including the head of a council of clerics and a young child. the explosion wounded 15 others. the taliban claims responsibility but remains quiet on this mosque attack. karzai was a high-ranking official in kandahar's government, also considered one of the most powerful men in southern afghanistan. health let's...